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Syrian Rebels’ Lightning Offensive Zeroes In on Major City
Syrian rebels were closing in on Homs after seizing two other major ... the city of Hama on Thursday, handing the rebels another victory after they seized Aleppo last week. The rebel advances ...
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Syrian rebels announce seizing full control over Homs, the third-largest city
Syrian rebel ... Since the rebels' sweep into Aleppo a week ago, government defenses have crumbled at dizzying speed as rebels seized a string of major cities and reignited a rebellion in places ...
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Southern rebels loom large as Syria’s new rulers try to form a national army
As insurgents raced across Syria in a surprise offensive launched in the country’s northwest late last year, officials from ...
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Syrian rebels advances tear at Assad's control as Iran races to send support
Syrian rebel forces advanced on the central city ... three Syrian sources told journalists on the ground. It was the third major city, after Aleppo and Hama in the northwest and centre, to fall ...
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Syrian rebels enter Hama, pushing army from key city and freeing hundreds of prisoners
Syrian rebels ousted pro-government forces from Hama on Thursday, bringing the insurgents a major new victory after a lightning advance across northern Syria and dealing a new blow to President ...
Dayton Daily News1mon
How it happened: Two seismic weeks that toppled Syria's government
The government and its allies respond with airstrikes and shelling in an attempt to halt the insurgent advances ... rebels seize two towns on the outskirts of Homs, Syria's third-largest city.
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Syrian government appears to have fallen, prime minister says he's ready to hand over gov't to rebels
The night before, opposition forces took the central city of Homs, Syria’s third largest ... Latakia and Tartus. The advances in the past week were by far the largest in recent years by ...
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Assad is in Moscow after fleeing Syria and will be given asylum, Russian state media report
DO NOT GET INVOLVED!" The pace of the rebels’ advance in Syria has been astonishing. They are now fighting to seize the country’s third-largest city, Homs, a strategic hub connecting the ...
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Syrian insurgents have reached the gates of the capital city of Damascus, reports say
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Anti-Assad rebels take most of key southern Syrian region - reports
They seized Hama, to the north of Homs, on Thursday - a second major ... city. The SOHR said Russian warplanes had bombed a bridge in nearby Rastan to try and slow the rebel advance. After the ...
Dayton Daily News1mon
Key players in Syria's long-running civil war, reignited by a shock rebel offensive
Syria's long civil war has reclaimed global attention after insurgents seized most of its largest city and dozens of nearby towns and villages. The stunning advance on Aleppo by rebel forces came ...